Building Eclipse IDE from scratch - how to choose CDT over JDT?

Question

Lately I decided to build the Eclipse IDE from scratch - so I have the freedom to tweak it to my needs. The very first action I\'m taking is enlarging the icons. Even the newest

Answer 1

For your CDT issue, I would try getting the pure UI first then add in the CDT

As for your Maven issue, look at the maven code and see if there are options for how to build. I can't really help too much without being able to see the maven file.